New Pompeii treasures uncovered in work to shore-up excavations

Tourists walk inside the Pompeii archaeological site in southern Italy (Gregorio Borgia/AP)

Pompeii is experiencing the makings of a rebirth after decades of neglect.

Within just a few hours in AD 79, it was turned from a vibrant city into an ash-embalmed wasteland, smothered by a furious volcanic eruption.